I've posted links to several first-hand reports by a ham radio operator named Thomas in Buncombe County. These seem to be a good second viewpoint on the situation. Grim has the rescuer / responder view covered and is quite busy with it all. Thomas has more time to write detailed reports and post photos.
Thomas has two more out discussing how his local community came together, the various kinds of help they've gotten (volunteer, local, FEMA, NC National Guard, etc.) and various rumors that are running around.
Community, Coordination, and Misinformation
In the second report here he also talks about disaster tourism and why some people claiming to be volunteers have been turned away from his area.
Thank you. I reposed one of the links at my site.
ReplyDeleteI freely admit, I cannot fathom going to some place just to oogle at how bad damage is. Or to bounce over badly damaged roads for the fun of bouncing over a bad road. People are strange, to put it mildly.
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Thanks for posting this. Nice to get more actual information from the source.
ReplyDeleteLR1, what gets me are the looters.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad others have found these worthwhile. It's good to get good information, especially once the rumors start.
I should point out that the guy who wrote those posts could post them when his whole area had lost electricity because he has solar power and satellite internet, which reinforces what Grim was saying about Starlink.